Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the child ministered to LORD before Eli the priest.
New American Standard Bible
Then Elkanah went to his home at
King James Version
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
Holman Bible
Elkanah went home to Ramah,
International Standard Version
Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah, while the boy was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.
American Standard Version
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.
Amplified
Elkanah [and his wife Hannah] returned to Ramah to his house. But the child [Samuel] served the Lord
Bible in Basic English
Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
Darby Translation
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.
Julia Smith Translation
And Elkanah will go to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was serving Jehovah in the face of Eli the priest.
King James 2000
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. Now the boy was serving Yahweh {in the presence of} Eli the priest.
Modern King James verseion
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served Jehovah before Eli the priest.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house, and the lad did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
NET Bible
Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest.
New Heart English Bible
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
The Emphasized Bible
Then went Elkanah to Ramah, unto his own house, - but, the boy, remained ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli the priest.
Webster
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.
World English Bible
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, in the presence of Eli the priest;
Themes
Elkanah » Father of samuel; a descendant of the preceding
Joy » Instances of » Of hannah, when samuel was born
Ramah » Also called ramathaim-zophim » Home of elkanah
Topics
Interlinear
Yalak
Bayith
Sharath
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 2:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eli's Evil Sons
10 Those who strive with LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in heaven. LORD will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the child ministered to LORD before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not LORD.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:18
But Samuel ministered before LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 3:1
And the child Samuel served LORD before Eli. And the word of LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
1 Samuel 1:28
Therefore also I have granted him to LORD; as long as he lives he is granted to LORD. And he worshipped LORD there.
1 Samuel 1:19
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and LORD remembered her.
1 Samuel 3:15
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of LORD. And Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.